What happened?
In Kamchatka, in the area of the Khalaktyrsky beach, there was an environmental disaster. Greenpeace
The Interdistrict Environmental Prosecutor's Office for the Kamchatka Territory begins a large-scale check on the fact of pollution of the peninsula's water area.The fact is that the source has not yet been established.The incident occurred in the area of Khalaktyrsky Beach.This is not only the main location for professional surfers, but also a popular tourist attraction in Kamchatka.
Greenpeace specialists took water samples and afterchecks, it was found that the permissible level of petroleum products was four times higher. In addition, the level of phenols in water was 2.5 times higher. Such data are consistent with the state of the ecological disaster in the region.
Greenpeace in Russia has already applied toRosprirodnadzor, Rospotrebnadzor, the Ministry of Defense and the Prosecutor General's Office demanding an immediate investigation of the causes of pollution, an assessment of the scale and urgent elimination of the consequences due to large environmental pollution and the need for an urgent response to the problem.
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Kamchatka. Avachinskaya Bay.Small bay Bezymyannaya. Exactly 4 days ago @lefffu filmed her video there, which I published on my page. This video was taken this morning. Terrible smell. My friend dived in two places today. A little later I’ll post a video of what he saw there. Today we visited 4 places on a motor boat. Stanitsky Bay, Bezymyannaya, Grotovaya Bay area (just at the exit from the bay to the Pacific Ocean), Shlyupochnaya Bay. The latter is located on the other side of Avacha Bay. The consequences are, of course, visible everywhere. In some places near the shore, the color of the water is very muddy; you can visually see the border where the water is cleaner. Sea urchins, animals, crabs, and fish were washed up on the shores of Bezymyannaya and Shlyupochnaya. #savequiet #safetheocean #kamchatka #pacificocean @_svetlana__radionova_ @greenpeace @greenpeaceru @snowave_kamchatka @lefffu @yuridud.life @yurydud
At the end of September, Kamchatka surfers talked aboutchanging the color of the water on the Khalaktyr beach on the shores of the Avacha Gulf of the Pacific Ocean. They complained of temporary deterioration in vision and skin irritation after swimming. And in social networks there were messages from local residents about dead sea animals washed ashore.
What is the cause of the disaster?
The reason for the pollution of the coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean in Kamchatka could be two landfills with toxic waste, which are now being examined by specialists.
According to the governor, in versions of pollutionthe Kozelsk polygon of pesticides and the Radygin polygon are mentioned. The publication "Kam.24" notes that in the region, there have already been leaks from the burial of toxic chemicals under the Kozelsky volcano. According to information from open sources, more than 100 tons of hazardous substances have been stored there since the 1970s.
The website of the Kamchatka government says that scientists are working on several versions of the origin of toxins in the ocean, but the poisonous substance itself, which is in the water, has not yet been established.
You must first study the samples and check whichtype of toxins may be present in the water. These can be toxins of man-made or natural origin - for example, it can be toxic microalgae, the concentration of which is maximum in our water areas. Toxins can also be of volcanic and seismic origin.
Vladimir Solodov, Head of the Kamchatka Territory
Are there other points of view?
Water poisoning in the area of Khalaktyrsky beach onKamchatka, according to preliminary data, was caused by a leak of oil products from a commercial tanker, which was eliminated. The identity of the vessel has not yet been established, a source in the emergency services of the Far Eastern region told TASS.
According to preliminary data, passed by the beacha commercial tanker on the sea route with a leak that was repaired, but this resulted in a spill of oil products containing phenol. The ownership of the vessel has not yet been established, a search is in progress.
A source
He added that "in this area of the Pacific Ocean there are routes of active movement of sea cargo ships."
The Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation is not related towater pollution near the Khalaktyrsky beach in Kamchatka, which led to the mass death of animals, said in the information support department of the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO) for the Pacific Fleet.
The district stressed that recently, no major exercises that could affect the ecosystem have been held at the military training grounds of Kamchatka.
Who will understand the situation?
Deputy Prime Minister — Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia in the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev instructed to understand the reasons for the mass release of animals on the coast of the Kamchatka Territory.
Control over the execution of the order is entrusted tooffice of the plenipotentiary representative. According to the press service, the office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of Russia in the Far Eastern Federal District received appeals from the mass death of marine animals.
Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR)Alexander Bastrykin instructed to transfer to the central office of the department the materials of the pre-investigation check on the mass death of marine animals in Kamchatka. Forensic experts from the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in the Kamchatka Territory continue to work at the scene, said the official representative of the department, Svetlana Petrenko, on Monday, October 5. According to her, the experts took samples of sea water, atmospheric air and sand for laboratory research.
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The situation off the coast of Kamchatka.Pacific coast.⠀ ⠀ A number of bloggers posted information about the disaster!!! On the shores of the Pacific Ocean, the extinct Khalaktyrsky beach and Avacha Bay. ⠀ ⠀ We are grateful for your efficiency and concern! ⠀ ⠀ In turn, we organized a raid from the first messages (we conduct it both on a regular basis and on a specific fact). We take samples both in the ocean itself and in adjacent water bodies - a river, a stream flowing into the ocean in this place. ⠀ ⠀ They gave the command to make a number of requests, as well as carry out activities:⠀ ⠀ 1. A specific order to conduct a raid on this occasion, and not a group-wide one.⠀ 2. Photo and video recording of materials within raid. 3. Act of inspection of the territory.⠀ 4. Request about the facts of excess to the local Ministry of Natural Resources.⠀ 5. Contact the blogger to clarify the information.⠀ 6. Request to the local Ministry of Health about cases of appeal and availability of information. ⠀ 7. Request to the Investigative Committee about the availability of information and verification within the framework of their powers.⠀ 8. Requests to Rospotrebnadzor and Roshydromet about the availability of information on pollutants. ⠀ 9. Daily certificate-report on the actual state of affairs and the work done. ⠀ ⠀ The information is contradictory - the resonance is great. I hope law enforcement agencies will get involved. We transfer all the results to local authorities and expect the same efficiency and openness from everyone.⠀ #rosprirodnadzor #kamchatka #quietokean
Now what?
The contaminated area on the coast of Kamchatka should be closed to residents and tourists, said the leader of the public environmental movement Alliance of the Greens, Alexander Zakondyrin.
Objectively understand the situation on Khalaktyrskoyethe beach of Kamchatka should be specialists, but for now it is necessary to restrict access to this territory for visiting residents of the region and tourists. Leading federal experts who work in contact with the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, Rosprirodnadzor and Roshydromet have already been involved in the analysis of the situation.
Alexander Zakondyrin, leader of the public environmental movement "Green Alliance"
As stated by the vice chairState Duma of the Russian Federation Irina Yarovaya, leading research centers of Russia will be involved in assessing and restoring the picture of water pollution in Avacha Bay in Kamchatka. About this during a raid on the beaches of the bay on Sunday
In response, the head of the department of RospotrebnadzorKamchatka Territory Yana Gospodarik noted that experts are ready to make appropriate fences immediately. According to Solodov, even if the water condition improves over time, this does not mean that the situation has been resolved. It is necessary to reconstruct the dynamic picture of what happened.
Today it became known that the head of the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources, Dmitry Kobylkin, will make a statement on the situation in Kamchatka on October 5.
Minister Kobylkin is keeping this issue under control,deals with it, keeps in touch with the region. In the afternoon, he means to talk about what is happening, what the first conclusions are and what information is needed for the first conclusions.
Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin representative
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Kamchatka SOS ‼️ ⠀ Kamchatka — it's alreadysecond environmental disaster this year. If you have already forgotten, the first one was in Norilsk. ⠀ All summer I watched tourists who were lucky enough to fly to Kamchatka and see all this beauty with their own eyes. It was great to see how tourism was developing and people were interested not in Thailand and Bali, but in Baikal, the Far East and Altai. ⠀ But our authorities, as always, ruined everything. ⠀ Possible cause of the environmental disaster in Kamchatka — Heptyl leak (this is a rocket fuel used in particular on Russian Proton launch vehicles, which can cause death or harm to health: cause blindness and cancer). ⠀ A similar situation occurred with Chernobyl — The authorities were silent, although they knew. As a result, animals, people and nature suffered.
The extended analysis of samples due to the mass death of marine animals in Kamchatka will be completed by October 8.
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